Gumbert v. Sheehan

A preliminary statement of some of the facts is necessary to an intelligent understanding of the question involved.

In July, 1923, the petitioner herein, E. J. Gumbert, executed a promissory note.for $508.31 to the American State Bank of Walnut, Iowa. Later, the note was- duly transferred to the Walnut State Bank, which ' instituted a suit thereon on the first day of May, 1924, in the municipal court of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Defendant therein (being the petitioner herein) on the 6th day of May following filed a. motion for a change of place of trial, alleging, in the' proper manner and with…